
SVP, New Business Development of Omni-Commerce
Kanz, Saint Louis, MO, United States
Overview Advantage Unified Commerce is an industry leader in true omni-commerce strategy, innovation, and thought leadership. We eliminate disconnects in our clients\' marketing and commerce practices to use brands’ purposes to inform plans that realize true scale. By combining commerce, customers, culture, and consumers, we lead our clients to unparalleled growth. We are a shop of specialists—unified from agencies, retailers, brands, and startups; our model uses advanced data and tech to scale commerce.
From sell-in to sell-through and from the first insight to the last media wave, we get shoppers buying into our clients’ brands. We develop thoughtful, strategic creative that delivers the right message to the right audience at the right time and place.
SVP, New Business Development of Omni-Commerce (Remote) To accelerate our growth, we are looking for a strategic, proactive, and well-organized leader to drive new thinking and deliver truly innovative work. Reporting into the President, this senior level role will be responsible for new revenue growth, inbound and outbound prospecting, profitable staffing models, as well as marketing Advantage Unified Commerce, AUC, to the industry. A core member of the Executive Leadership Team, you will lead a team to deliver on aggressive growth goals via new business acquisition and arm the Account leads with tools to drive organic growth.
Responsibilities Lead, drive, and deliver the product, practice, and process of business development and growth for Advantage Unified Commerce
Leverage strong understanding of Commerce, Retail Media, Analytics, and a holistic view of eCommerce with Brick & Mortar to ensure agency positioning and pitch work is at the forefront of the industry
Lead and orchestrate all the RFI/RFPs for net new opportunities; partner with department leads to build/activate pitch teams. Quarterback the actual work product from strategic approach thru ideas, plans and analytics
Oversee the development of early-stage pitch engagement responses including written RFIs, RFPs, and credentials content
Guide and enable pitch coordination including timelines, checkpoints, accountabilities, deliverables, design, and production needs
Develop profitable staffing models across retained and project scopes, working with Financial Operations to validate margins and current rates
Manage and track all opportunities via the agency’s CRM platform, ensuring accuracy of the total prospecting pipeline for monthly reporting
Build an ongoing strategy to keep the prospect pipeline healthy while moving each opportunity from developing thru the sales process to won
Manage, coach, and develop business development and marketing team talent and direct reports
Establish strong, collaborative connections with client and team members to work seamlessly together
Build and strengthen integration between the growth practice and Advantage’s Sales organization, sister agencies, and corporate communications teams
Marketing Responsibilities Hone the agency\'s positioning and showcase competitive advantage; ensure capabilities are leading edge
Lead the development of AUC\'s paid/owned/earned marketing plan, optimizing as the year progresses
Manage our external PR agency to secure industry event presenter slots, editorial coverage, and amplify thought leadership
Key Success Metrics YOY Revenue Growth
Profitability of New Scopes
Diversification of Client Base
Followers/Engagement with Owned Assets
Who You Are Successful leadership experience — 15+ years in the commerce, marketing, or consulting fields
Strong communication skills — communicates clearly, concisely, and adapts to the audience with a focus on soliciting feedback and driving consensus
Ability to anticipate — proactive self-starter with the ability to understand what is needed and drive against it; a go-getter ready to be equal parts hunter and builder
Excellent management skills — works comfortably and effectively in fast shifting, high pressure, and constantly iterating environments
Relationship builder — establishes productive working relationships, facilitates consensus, empowers people, and injects inclusiveness
Bold and inventive — brings new models, approaches, stories, and capabilities
Drive for simplification — can simplify complex concepts and language
Travel Requirements: 30 – 50%
Benefits Work from home
Flexible vacation and personal time off (PTO)
Paid holidays
401(k) matching
Health, Dental and Vision insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
LiveWell Benefits and Programs
Company-paid Life, AD&D and Disability insurance
Voluntary benefits including Pet Insurance
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All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Seniority level Executive
Employment type Full-time
Job function Business Development and Sales
Industries: Technology, Information and Internet
Note: This description consolidates the primary SVP role; additional postings listed below are separate opportunities and not part of the core description.
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